Davenport.



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DAVENPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1906.

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CHARLES J. KINDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURL DAVENPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 19'08.

Application filed March 29.1906. Serial No. 308.749.

a bed of this sort in a manner such that theback'of the davenport, when in settee form, may be suitably supported in substantially vertical position and may be brought forward into horizontal position in front of the seat toforni with said seat a comfortable bed,

and when inthat position be. supported in part by the same means which sustain it in -vertical position.

Anot or object of the invention is to combine with the seat and back a ad, which shall serve as a cushionfor the bac when the davenport is in settee form and a bed pad or mattress, for the davenport, when in bed form, and which shall automatically assumethe positions wherein to perform both said functions when the davenport is changed from-one of its forms-to the other.

With these objects 'in view the invention consists in the formation and combination of parts'subst-antia-lly as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the acconi anying drawings, which form a part of t is specification, Figure 1 represents in end elevation a davenport in settee form embodying my invention and Fig; 2 represents an end elevation of said da'v'enport in bed form.

- The seat of the davenport may beof any desired form and construction. It is here represented at 3 as consisting of a simple lounge or 'divan, upholstered with a cushion 4, beneath which any suitable form of spring or other resilient support may be located. The back of the davenport consists of a frame 5, upon the face of which is mounted a pad consisting of sections 6 and 7. The section 6 consists of a cushion supported upon any, form of suitable springs or other resilient supports well known to upholsterers, while the section 7 is referably in the form of atufted pad, the outer. surface of which corresponds with thatioi' the seat, while its rear surface corresponds with the outer face of section '6, both of which surfaces are preferably covered with ticking. The sections 6 and 7 are hinged together in any suitable way at their u per edges and the section 7 is also preferab y hinged to the seat cushion as indicated at 8, though this hinge, if de sired, may be omitted, or if desired, pad 7 can be extended and tied in any suitable manner to the frame 3.

The back may be connected to the seat in any suitable manner which will permit it to Y be brought forward into horizontal position in front of the seat. One form of such su fport is herein'illustrated and consists of lin s1 9 pivoted to the seat at either end thereof and. to either end of the back at the lower edge thereof. Integral with the linlm 9 there are preferably formed legs 10 against which stops 11 on the ends of the back rest,

thereby sustaining the back in its vertical position.

VVithia davenport thus constructed it is readily changed from settee form into bed form by takin hold of the upper edge of the back and pul ing the back fOIWMd. Said backwill rotate about the pivots 12 and the links-9 will rotate about the PlvOtS 13, the pad 7 and said links serving to guide or direct the back into horizontal position infront of the seat as said back is pulled forward. The legs 10 then support the outer edge of the back, while the inner edge'is held to the.

seat by the connection of section 7- of the pad with section 6 thereof, and by the links 9.

A ledge 14 may be provided upon the front edge of the seat to serveas a support forthe It will be seen that in a davenport-constructed as shown and described the bed surface of the pad, consisting of sections 6 and 7, is entirely hidden from view when the davenport is in settee form, and with section 7 hinged to the seat, said pad is automatically displayed in the act of shifting the back over into horizontal position in front of the seat and automatically folded in converting the inner edge of the back when 1n bed form.

davenport again into settee form. .It will also observed that because the sections 6 and 7' are hinged together asmooth continu adapted to be brought forward into horizonta l position in front of the seat, the combination with said back of a bed pad hinged to the upper edge thereof and hanging infront -sso,,221

of the same and adapted tocover the. seat I when the back is placed in. said horizontal .position.

ta'l position in'front of the seat,'the conibhia tion with said back of a bed pad hinged to the frontside iiipper edge of the back and to v "foldin portion, and a third pa 15 theseat and a ted "to be displa ed when theback is placed in said horizontal position, 3. In a folding bed, the combination with a main portion and a folding portion, oia pad on said main portion, a second ad on said d secured to one age of sa d second-named pad and to a point intermediate of the edges of said first pad; p Y Y 4'. In a d'avenport, wherein the back is adapted to be brought forward into horizontal position in front of the seat, the combination with said back of a bed-surfaced cushion on the face of the back, a pad hinged to said cushion at its upper edge and having a bed surface on its inner side and a cushion surface on its outerside whereby, when the back is placed in said horizontal position, the cushion surface will lie upon the seat and said 5. In a davenport, the combination with the seat, of a back, links at either end of the davenport connecting the back to the seat and adapted to direct it into horizontal posit-ion in front of the seatjand a pad hinged to the upper edge of the back and having a bed surface on its inner side and a cushion surface on its outer side whereby, when the back is placed in said hori'zontalposition, the bed surfacewill be displayed over the seat.

6. The combination with the seat,- of a back, links at either end of the-davenport connecting the backto the seat and adapted to direct it into horizontal position in front 7 of the'se'at, and a pad hinged to the .upper ed e of the back'and to the seat and adapted to' e' displayedu on the seat when the back is placedin said orizontal position.

7 In :a 'davenport bed, a seat section, a

movable back section adapted to be moved into horizontal alinement with said seat section and a covering section in front of said back section connected to said back section and adapted to be mowed to a position over said seat section when said back'section is moved into alinement with said seat section, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof- I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. two bedsurfaces will form a continuous bed 1 surface for the davenport bed.

CHARLES J. KINDEL.

Witnesses FREDERICK B. MAERKLE, ROYAL B. CUSHING. 

